Julius notkin



(No Model.)

J. NOTKIN.

THREAD AND NEEDLE SAFE.

No. 547,736. Patented Oct. 8, 1895.

INVENTOR WlTNESSES: 3

Julius Ml'in ,4. a Q '0, BY C 3% ATTOR N EYS.

ANDREW IIIANAH. PHOTO-UTNUWASHINGTOMD C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS NOTKIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

THREAD AND NEEDLE SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,736, dated October8, 1895.

Application filed May 23, 1895. Serial No. 550,440- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS NOTKIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Thread and Needle Safes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a thread and needle casewhich is simple, cheap, and provided with a door containing a hingedmagnet for holding a needle while the needle is temporarily out of use,and the invention resides in the novel features of construction setforth in the following specification and claim, and illustrated in thean nexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the safeopened and parts sectioned. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of thesafe, and Fig. 3 a side elevation thereof.

The safe 1 is shown with a door 2, and the safe, with the door, can begiven any suitable or ornamental shape. The door 2 when opened givesaccess to the interior of the case or safe, so that a spool can beinserted into a spool-holder 3. In the drawings are shown sixspool-holders, but of course this number can be varied. Eachspool-holder is readily formed by bending a piece of sheet metal intocylindrical form, the edges not quite meeting, so as to leave a slot 4,and securing the holder so formed to the back or other suitable wall ofthe safe. When a spool 5 has been inserted into a holder, said spool isreadily retained therein by a cap or cover 6, the thread 7 from thespool running off through the slot 4. and the exit-opening 8 in the safe1, so that said thread can be drawn off, as required, from the outsideof the safe.

The safe 1 is shown with a partition 9 placed between the spool-holders,a drawer 1O sliding between the partition and the supports 9, saiddrawer serving for the retention of needles and the like. The partition9 sup ports a clamp or thimble-holder 11 readily formed by spring-prongsadapted to releasably grasp the thimble.

In sewing it is frequently desired to temporarily put aside a needle,but to keep said needle ready to hand. A magnet 12 serves to hold aneedle while temporarily out of use. The magnet 12 is shown jointed orhinged at 13 to door 2. When the magnet is swung or raised to exposedposition and the door 2 closed the magnet isheld in position forservice; but when the safe is to be put aside the door 2, being opened,will allow the magnet to be folded or swung down or inward, so that whenthe door is now closed the magnet is contained within the safe orconcealed. When a holder 3 has been freshly supplied with a spool, thethread end from such freshly-inserted spool when looped or engaged tothe hook or threader 14., previously passed from the outside part waythrough the proper exit-opening 8, can be drawn or started out throughsaid exit-openin g by the drawing out of the threader. The threader isreadily formed from a small or thin piece of metal adapted topass orpartly pass through each of the openings 8, sufiiciently for its hook orcatching part 15 to enter the safe and receive a thread end. The door 2when mounted on a spring-hinge and held closed by a catch will fly openautomatically on the releasing of the catch. The magnet 12 is shown inFig. 2 as holding or attracting needles 16.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A thread and needle safe provided with a door, and a magnet hinged orjointed to said door so as to be capable of being moved into and out ofthe safe substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JULIUS NOTKIN. Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

